Opinion: Obama's Pakistan File

Editorial board member Matt Kaminski on the U.S. drone strike against Aby Yahya al-Libi and whether the U.S. should count Pakistan as an enemy. Photo: Intel Center.

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... joining me next is editorial board member Matt Kaminski ... to talk about the Obama administration and at the state and local map ... so let's start with the news to death only just learned that ... the U S drone strike in Pakistan ... bowler this week took of al Qaeda's number two ... what he tells about this guy was and we are key of B B he's a McGinn ... has been a heretofore applied ... for for many years his late forties ... when ... that in mind was killed last May he ... appointed over now and has a firm knows no costly Spain but he's he said to be the number two was the Number two behind her behind dial ... so here we come I'm in awe so he could take over as ... the number one the Egyptian ... he was ... in charge of their back is this the of the Pakistani operations on ... and he was killed is it's worth noting in the Pakistani tribal belt ... which is probably the world's leading ... terrorist sanctuary ... on by a US drone attack he was in the attack in three days on Monday me yesterday ... aam there were to strike swinging killed fifteen people in all ... it set to be the biggest blow to an stockinette since I've ... been Laden's killing last year Lewis also worth noting that um ... you know someone to attack ... to count the two Yemeni cleric ... all Walkley down in the in September ... and last June as well that was done in previous Kashmiri school has been nice departed for the kill ... of a flashy ... so these don't act soon to be getting the job done yet they remain highly controversial that aam ... recently ... reports in the press about Obama so-called kill last ... night her sleep calling the shots ... aam ... which wants to be said for the another criticism that the of the strikes ... have garnered verses of the success ... whatever a popular among three constituencies ... than happy ... to meet up with a cane itself is using them as a ... recruiting tool and using the me people ... I that Pakistanis are very unhappy because the government publicly lease complains it's it's a ... legal act about which never sovereignty over there in the technical territory themselves ... market that is actually the the the American on ... on human rights community ... some legal scholars who think this is illegal to ... has been on going on in and it goes back to the Bush years and is kind of ... it was revived after story cannot last week in Baghdad said that Obama personally approve every single name on the so called killed us ... aam and I think something's going to keep ... it interesting like that is in the way Obama is having it with his own ... constituency ... politically because this has come under siege from from the left ... and I think ... um he in some ways may want to get the stories out there said look how ... come he's been ... on terrorism ... the right actually does criticize him for not trying to capture more of these guys that he's ... the US that no one's going to need one time low we we don't even know where we would interrogate anyone really good to capture them ... on the global battlefield ... won the senior guys cities happy to ... can kill them with a Hellfire missile but it did to capture ... just quickly got about thirty seconds of ... these types of strikes of using jaunts and so forth ... does the administration plan to keep this up even as for withdrawing troops who can stand next or absurdly epic gotta keep some troops into syndicate of gas and after twenty fourteen will be funded in part two on ... Mannix reported run operations ... I mean im in need and Rose ... are attached to cool the very surgical strike against on ... enemy combatants who are committed to attacking our soldiers in Afghanistan but more important to carry out terrorist attacks here ...